All You Ever Wanted to Know Regarding Multilingual Softwares

  The Evolution of Font Technology   In general, fonts are of three types: PostScript Type 1 (Type1) or TrueType (TT), which came along about six years later, and then a blending of the two previous fonts called OpenType (OT) or Unicode.  Type1 Fonts   PostScript font formats Adobe Type 1 fonts are stored in two common formats: .pfa  (PostScript Font ASCII) and .pfb  (PostScript Font Binary). These contain descriptions of the character shapes, with each character being generated by a small program that calls on other small programs to compute common parts of the characters in the font. In both cases, the character descriptions are encrypted. Before such a font can be used, it must be rendered into dots in a bitmap, either by the PostScript interpreter, or by a specialized rendering engine, such as Adobe Type Manager, which is used to generate low-resolution screen fonts on Apple Macintosh and on Microsoft Windows systems. The Type 1 binary files ( .pf...

  Multilingual (Indian Language) softwares are essential in our country where less than 6% of our fellow countrymen are conversant in English language. In order to make E-Governance a success mantra, all Government portals must have Indian Language content. Added to this is the requirement of Media Houses, Educational Institutes, Ad Agencies, Printers, Publishers & Corporates to create multilingual content. After the advent of the pandemic a year back, E-Publishing has seen a boost like never before. Since, all Windows & Mac-based Applications have been written keeping English language in mind, typing in Indian Languages using these same Applications require settings to be finetuned to get the best results. As we all know, English characters are vertically oriented whereas Indian Language characters are horizontally oriented. Also, English does not have conjuncts which are present in Indian Languages. I am Chandan Datta, an IT Professional having more than 35 years of exper...

  Did you feel proud as an Indian when Neeraj Chopra stood on the victory podium with the Gold Medal around his neck & our National Anthem was played in the background? We are sure that you did! The first language that a baby learns right from his or her birth is termed as the birth language and thus, plays a crucial role in our lives for a wide array of reasons. The language we first learn is that used in the home. Mother is the first to speak to the child and his/ her interlocutor for most of the time. The language used by her is the mother tongue. Importance of mother tongue for initiation into formal education has thus gained significance. Scientific Research has established that when we speak in our mother tongue, a direct connection is established between the heart, brain and tongue. Our mother tongue is the language we use to think, dream and feel emotion. Let us look at five reasons and understand why it is important to know your mother tongue well: Intellectual...

  The Clash of the Titans - Adobe Illustrator VS CorelDraw Graphics Suite   VS A Graphic design software  is intended for producing designs from the ground up. Its tools allow you to draw whatever doodle your heart wishes digitally. The only restriction is your imagination. Along with modifying or creating creative logos, graphic design software will enable you to incorporate images, text or other graphic forms to produce a print as well as digital advertisements, magazines, brochures, postcards as well as more.    You can use a graphic design program like  Illustrator   or  CorelDRAW  exclusively or together with another program like a Photo Editing program. Often you will touch up a photo in a photo editor and then import it into a graphic design software application or vice versa.    Best Graphic Design Software for Mac: Adobe Illustrator Illustrator is one of the most preferred graphic design programs made use of i...